140 A HAND -LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



NYROCA NYROCA 



299. Nyroca nyroca (Guld.)— THE FERRUGINOUS DUCK. 



Anas nvroca Giildenstadt, Nov. Comm. Sc. Petrop., xiv, i, p. 403 



(17G9— S. Russia). 



Fuligula nyroca (Giildenstadt), Yarrell, iv, p. 418 ; Saunders, p. 445. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Rare vagrant . England. — Over fifty 

 recorded from Norfolk and a few Suffolk, Cambs., Lines., Notts., 

 Yorks., Northumberland (one), Lanes, (one), Oxon. (four), Essex 

 (one). Kent (one or two), Surrey (one), Sussex (nine), Hants, (a few), 

 Dorset (one), Devon (two), Cornwall (one), Brecon (one), Radnor 

 (one), Montgomery (seven). Scotland. — One or two Firth of Forth 

 and two on Taj-. Ireland. — Eight or nine. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Palsearctic region generally, eastwards to> 

 valley of the Ob. Breeds in south, central, and east Europe, north 

 Africa, and west Asia. In winter in north Africa and India. 



[NYROCA BAERI''' 



Nyroca baeri (Radde)— BAER'S DUCK. 



Anas (Fuligula) Baeri Radde, Reise S. x. O. Sibirien, 11, p. 370, pi. 15- 

 (18(i3— S.E. Siberia). 



Nyroca baeri, X. C. Rothschild. Bull. B.O.C., xii, p. 25 : ^thyia baen' 

 Saimders, Brit. B., i, p. 14 ; W. Rothschild, t.c, p. 63. 



Distribution. — England. — One. Male, Tring Reservoirs (Herts. )^ 

 Nov. 5, 1901 {ut supra). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — East Siberia, on passage and in winter to- 

 Japan, China, AVaigiu Islands near New Guinea, irregularly Burmah. 

 and India.] 



NYROCA FULIGULA 



300. Nyroca fuligula (L.)— THE TUFTED DUCK. 



Anas Fuligula Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 128 (1758 — Europe. 



Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Fuligula cristata (Leach). Yarrell. iv, p. 430 : Saunders, p. 447. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident and winter- visit or. During 

 last twenty years greatly increased and extended range as breeding- 

 species. Now nests in most English counties, in Anglesey, in Scot- 

 land all over south and east as far north as Caithness and Orkneys, 



* We do not think it advisable to admit fully a duck on the strength of one 

 recently recorded occurrence, since many" water-fowl " are now kept in semi- 

 captivity without even being properly identified. 



